4. eLearning assessment

After reading the Owner-Builder Study Guide and deciding that being an owner-builder is something you would like to do, you (as the main applicant) must complete an eLearning assessment before you can submit your application for a certificate of consent to become an owner-builder.

Evidence of successfully completing the eLearning assessment (by the main applicant) must be submitted with your application.

Note: The main applicant is the person required to undertake the eLearning assessment and provide the evidence to the VBA at the time of submitting an owner-builder application. The VBA will not accept evidence of the eLearning assessment by the co- owner to an owner-builder application.

The recent withdrawal of nine Certificates of Conformity issued under the CodeMark Scheme has again highlighted the need for practitioners to take due care when accepting Certificates as evidence of suitability. While practitioners are entitled to accept or rely on a Certificate as evidence of suitability, they need to carefully review each Certificate to ascertain its current validity.

The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) welcomes the decision of Vice President Judge Woodward of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) in the proceedings brought by the owners of the Lacrosse building against LU Simon Builders Pty Ltd and others.